# agaibh
## Irish
### Etymology

From Middle Irish ocaib, occaib, acaib, from Old Irish occaib.

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: (Waterford) /ɡivʲ/, (Cork) /əˈɡuvʲ/, (Kerry) /əˈɡivʲ/, /əˈɣivʲ/
* (Connacht) IPA: /ˈaɡiː/, (Aran) [ˈɑɡiː], (Cois Fharraige) [ˈaːɡiː], (Mayo) /əɡiː/, /ˈuɡiː/, /ˈoɡiː/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈɛjəvʲ/, /ˈɛjəfʲ/, /ˈɑjəfʲ/, /ˈʌɡɨvʲ/, /əɡɨvʲ/

### Pronoun

agaibh (emphatic agaibhse)
* second-person plural of ag
    Slán agaibh! (spoken by a person departing to two or more people who are remaining) ― Goodbye!

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “oc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947) The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 28, page 7
* ↑ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 77, page 22; reprinted 1988
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Description of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, § 107, page 94
* 1 2 Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 571, pages 202–3
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume I, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 194
* ↑ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 298, page 141
* ↑ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 406.31, page 104
* ↑ Wagner, Heinrich (1959) Gaeilge Theilinn: Foghraidheacht, Gramadach, Téacsanna [The Irish of Teelin: Phonetics, Grammar, Texts] (in Irish), Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 505, page 196; reprinted 1979

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish occaib. Cognates include Irish agaibh and Manx eu.

### Pronunciation

* (Lewis, Uist, Barra, Trotternish, Sutherland) IPA: /ˈaku/, [ˈaɡ̊ʊ]
* (Harris, Tiree, Mull, Islay, Lochaber) IPA: /ˈakəv/
* (most of Skye, most of Argyll) IPA: /ˈakɪv/
* (Ross-shire, east Inverness-shire, Lorne) IPA: /ˈakɪ/
* Hyphenation: a‧gaibh

### Pronoun

agaibh
* second-person plural of aig: at you
    A bheil piuthar agaibh? ― Do you have a sister? (literally, “Is a sister at you?”)

#### Inflection
### References

* ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
* ↑ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
* ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN

### Further reading

* Cathair Ó Dochartaigh, editor (1994), Survey of the Gaelic Dialects of Scotland, volume II, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, pages 16-17